In a new interview from Gametrailers with Tecmo's lead designer on Dead or Alive 5, Yohei Shinbori, he talks about what they have done to the game to push not only the DOA series, but the entire fighting game genre forward. He talks about taking player feedback from the recent demo and making adjustments to make the game more competitive as well.

He also touched on the guest Virtua Fighter characters and mentions that the VF series is the Godfather of 3D fighters and without it Dead or Alive probably wouldn't exist. Check out the full interview after the jump.